War Diaries and Other Papers - Volume 1.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann, Max.

Series:

War Diaries and Other Papers

War Diaries and Other Papers ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--History, Military--20th century.

World War, 1914-1918--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

Local Subjects:

Germany--History, Military--20th century.

World War, 1914-1918--Germany.

World War, 1939-1945--Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Andrews UK, 2012.

Summary:

Volume 1 of 2.Max Hoffmann was Chief of Staff to Von Prittwitz, the aristocratic General charged with defending Germany's East Prussian heartland at the outbreak of the Great War. Prittwitz was as inept as his name suggests, and when the Russians steamrollered west far faster than the Germans had expected, he panicked and sought permission to retreat behind the River Vistula. But Hoffman kept his head and conceived a bold scheme to attack and annihilate the Russian advance. This was the operational plan that was already being put into effect when the dynamic duo of Hindenburg and Ludendorff ar

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""Front Matter ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Frontispiece ""; ""Prefactory Note ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chief Dates ""; ""Body Matter ""; ""War Diaries, 1914-1919 ""; ""Thoughts on 1914 ""; ""Back Matter ""; ""Map of the Eastern Frontier ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781847342133

1847342132

OCLC:

778340001